 The band withdrew to the studio to start work on an album.Brown, Bruzon and new keyboard player and programmer, Matt Childs, began the task of self-producing the album which eventually found its way to the hands of Peter Gabriel who signed the band to his Real World label in 2003.With Markus Dravs back on keyboard, the album "Hotel Juicy Parlour" was completed and released on Pre Records, an imprint set up by Real World.